Property News · April 15, 2017

Tenant charged £835 … to scribble a new name on a contract


But Winkworth didn’t bargain for the fact that a lawyer was on the receiving end of this outrageous set of feesShame on Winkworth, the self-styled “largest estate agency brand in London and one of the fastest-growing in England”. Four young guys rent a property via the agency in Herne Hill, south London. One decides to move on so the others search for a new flatmate. The amount of effort put in by the letting agent and landlord? Almost zero. The rent is pretty steep – £2,450 a month for the house – but the flatmates find someone happy to pay their £612.50 share, and dutifully inform Winkworth.Winkworth should be grateful the work has been done for them. Instead, its local branch asked the new tenant to pay £835.38. That’s right, nearly a grand to scratch out the name on a tenancy contract and scribble in a new one. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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